For All Mankind

[Sr. Mints]

Danielle mentioned she's going to watch all three Star Trek series with her grandson.

There should be four at this point, and I want to know which one didn't make it into the timeline.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Danielle mentioned she's going to watch all three Star Trek series with her grandson.

There should be four at this point, and I want to know which one didn't make it into the timeline.

Probably the TOS: Animated series.

Lots of people never even knew it was made.

Maybe Enterprise?

Maybe Ed Baldwin is....Captain Archer!!

[scotty2hotty]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

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I agree but they usually time jump after every season so whatever happens should get wrapped up quickly.

Ah, yes. That’s true. Forgot about that.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Danielle mentioned she's going to watch all three Star Trek series with her grandson.

There should be four at this point, and I want to know which one didn't make it into the timeline.

Saw it mentioned elsewhere that this line could have been a little inside baseball from Ronald Moore ripping on Trek and whatever series he didn't care for at that point in time (he wrote and directed episodes of TNG I believe).

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Saw it mentioned elsewhere that this line could have been a little inside baseball from Ronald Moore ripping on Trek and whatever series he didn't care for at that point in time (he wrote and directed episodes of TNG I believe).

Now that you mention it, I recall there was some behind the scenes stuff when Moore jumped from DS9 to Voyager, then promptly left Voyager. I don't recall specifically what, though. I just like to think he graduated from DS9 and went on to Battlestar Galactica.

[zuluking]

Originally Posted by troutman

That one was more soap opera than space opera. The long scene with the Baldwins was like bad dinner theatre. The new Aleida seems to be channeling Bender from The Breakfast Club. Tracy and Gordo are going to become a reality show on the moon.

There seems to be much in Season 2 that is not explained, unless I’m missing things.

When did the Baldwins adopt a daughter?

Who is Tracy’s fiancée?

How did Aleida end up in a trailer?

Not impressed with Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2 and just finished Episode 3, which was just terrible for the reasons you mentioned above. We're considering bailing on the show. Does it get better? Do we stick it out?

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by zuluking

Not impressed with Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2 and just finished Episode 3, which was just terrible for the reasons you mentioned above. We're considering bailing on the show. Does it get better? Do we stick it out?

It definitely does, though you haven't hit the lowest part yet. Generally the Earth side of season 2 is pretty lacking, but the space side really ramps up and is worth sticking around for. Thankfully the Earth stuff gets a lot better in seasons 3 and 4

[Weitz]

Pretty good wrap to the season id say!

[Bigtime]

It was good, but I thought they’d push some consequences even further.

Spoiler!

Ed or Dani should have bought it when the gun went off. And I would have liked to have seen more from the time jump at the end, like a much larger Mars colony.

[nik-]

A literal Chekhov's gun

Sam's scene was the best for me. Moving in silence with those boosters in the background. Cool visual.

[troutman]

The Three Stars

Spoiler!

Margo - Massey - Miles

[Locke]

For All Mankind....



They should have named the mining village "Ambivalent Valley."

"They're not Happy, they're not 'Sad' they're just here to do a job."

[Barnes]

Was this season good? I dunno, so many TV tropes.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

It was good, but I thought they’d push some consequences even further.

Spoiler!

Ed or Dani should have bought it when the gun went off. And I would have liked to have seen more from the time jump at the end, like a much larger Mars colony.

Spoiler!

It was nice that Dani got to see her grandkid so I’m glad she survived. I was expecting the gunshot to cause a leak in the hull so I was expecting more consequences than we got as well.

I like that they named the station on the asteroid after Grigory. I have no idea where the show is going now.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

Spoiler!

It was nice that Dani got to see her grandkid so I’m glad she survived. I was expecting the gunshot to cause a leak in the hull so I was expecting more consequences than we got as well.

I like that they named the station on the asteroid after Grigory. I have no idea where the show is going now.

I'm hoping that now that they have the asteroid they're going to re-implement slavery during the mining process and that Mars is going to become some kind of 'Penal/Slave' Colony and then the President's daughter is going to get caught there and only Snake Plissken can get her out.

But Snake's gettin' a little long in the tooth these days so his Son has to come along and help him out!

Obviously Mayhem ensues.

[scotty2hotty]

Liked this season. Didn’t love it.

I’d say this was the weakest season thus far.

[troutman]

I thought for sure Kelly would discover life on Mars this season.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by troutman

I thought for sure Kelly would discover life on Mars this season.

My bet was she would find signs of life, then the asteroid would overburn, fall out of orbit, hit the ice cap, and destroy her research, leaving a big question mark. but since the happy valley base is as good as a fallout shelter, most of the crew would be OK. Dev would get to setup a mining operation on Mars

Spoiler!

I think for the good of the show, Baldwin should have been shot and should have died. All of these franchises need to learn how and when to move on from a character, we don't need to watch some 75 year old retiree in 2012 played by a 44 years with subpar makeup driving the narrative. They killed Gordo and Tracy, they can kill other characters. And I actually think they hit on something pretty good with Massey and Miles this season, lean into those characters and keep moving the narrative forward

Also that last shot, this is a prequel to The Expanse. Come on, it's gotta be.

[scotty2hotty]

Originally Posted by troutman

I thought for sure Kelly would discover life on Mars this season.

Me too. That was another complaint I had.

Spoiler!

They just completely dropped that storyline.

I started guessing that they would fail in their mission to steal the asteroid and just when they started saying “well, I guess we have no reason to stay on Mars” …Boom, Kelly would find life.

Roll credits.

But nothing

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Given the cliches that have become prominent in this show in the past season I wouldn't be surprised to see it turn into a man vs machine AI plot line. And they will have to wrestle control of the base out of the control of the computer.